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5 Great Summer Reads Inspired By the Mecca

Consider adding these titles, all with a connection to Howard University, to your reading list this summer.

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A Dozen Bison Chase History at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Jun 11, 2025 3 minutes
Kenyatta Hazelwood, Derrick Scott, and Alexander Evans

Anti-Violence Event at Howard University Hospital Spotlights Survivor’s Journey

Jun 11, 2025 4 minutes
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Change Makers

Howard University's trailblazers, movers, and shakers.

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Roberta Flack (B.M.E. ’58, D.Mus. ’75) Inspired Fans and Influenced Legions of Artists Across Generations

Over the course of a legendary career, Howard alumna and 4x Grammy Awardee inspired and influenced countless performers through her talent, showmanship, professionalism, and sheer charisma. 

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Howard's Goldman Case Competition Team

Howard Team Wins $1M in Goldman Sachs’ Market Madness Competition

May 8, 2025 7 minutes
Cast of Purpose Broadway Play

Howard Alumni Shine at the 2025 Tony Awards: “Purpose,” Directed by Dean Emerita Phylicia Rashad, Wins “Outstanding Broadway Play”

Jun 6, 2025 6 minutes
Dr. Sandra Jeter

Problem Solving: Howard's Project PRESS Fellows Provide Critical Social Work in D.C. Schools

May 16, 2025 5 minutes

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NBC's "TODAY with Jenna & Friends" Hosts a Howard University Reunion with Alumnae Taraji Henson, Phylicia Rashad, and Scholarship Winner Trinity Garrison

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Inside Howard's continuing singularity at the center of intellectual discourse.

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Ben Vinson speaks at MIT

We have an obligation to ensure that AI is shaped by diverse voices, not by historical biases encoded into algorithms."

President Ben Vinson Explores Artificial Intelligence During Lecture at MIT
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History & Heritage Howard's Extraordinary Legacy of Civic Leadership

Howard University alumna Congresswoman Summer Lee

History & Heritage Howard's Extraordinary Legacy of Civic Leadership

For 157 years, Howard University has served as the nexus of intellectual engagement and social advocacy to ensure that all Americans can fully exercise all the rights of citizenship. Howard alumni include first Black U.S. vice president, Supreme Court justice, popularly elected U.S. senator, popularly elected U.S. governor, and mayors of New York City, Washington, DC, and Atlanta, among numerous other luminaries which include three secretaries of federal agencies. 

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Legendary HBCU gets exclusive Air Jordan 4

Jun 2, 2025

Howard and Florida A&M to Face Off in 2025 Orange Blossom Classic at Hard Rock Stadium

Jun 2, 2025

A Howard University Team Of Finance And Technology Majors Wins $1M For The HBCU In Goldman Sachs Market Madness Competition

Jun 2, 2025

Howard University student wins Avel Louise Gordly Scholarship for Oregon Black Women

Jun 2, 2025

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